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Gayle McLeod

Enthusiastic family-feeder. Intrepid home cook. Recipe maker. Picture taker. Sharing everyday recipes that fuel our family life.

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Soup season is the best season. The End. I’ve w

Soup season is the best season. The End.

I’ve wanted to shoot an image like this for months but it took me FOREVER to find the right bowl 🤓 And, while I actually had a vibrant golden lentil dal on my mind, this beautiful curried cauliflower soup I saw on insta the other day was serendipitous 🤩💛🧡

I made a few additions to the soup only because I had extra items at my finger tips (celery, ginger, garlic, cumin, red lentils) but I basically followed everything else in Karen’s recipe which you can find here: https://familystylefood.com/curried-cauliflower-soup/

Golden Cauliflower Soup
(Based on the recipe from @familystylefood)

• 2-3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion, small dice
• 2 stalks celery, small dice *
• 4 cloves garlic, minced *
• 1” piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated/minced *
• 1½ teaspoons ground turmeric
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp cumin seed *
• 5-6 cups vegetable stock
• 1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets (reserve some for garnish)
• 1 medium yellow potato, peeled and diced
• 1 green apple, peeled and diced
• ½ cup red lentils *
• 1 can coconut milk

Oh, and I reserved some of the cauliflower florets and roasted them in a hot oven for garnish.

BTS for this shoot will be up my stories along with an alternate image using a couple of additional props ✌️

Wishing you all an early Happy Friday and a great weekend ahead!

#cauliflower #turmeric #soup #soupseason #foodstyling #veganfoodshare #healthyish #nourishyourself

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about soup served in a mug that I love. Add some olive oil-fried toast and, well… this gloomy, rainy Saturday is looking pretty good ☺️

I’ll share a clip of the simple set up in my stories 🤓

Wishing you all a restful day. Anyone else making a giant pot of soup this weekend?

#soup #weekendmood #compositionessentials #foodphotographer #canonphoto

Would you believe this beautiful, fresh sage was a

Would you believe this beautiful, fresh sage was all crumpled, folded, and squished into one of those little plastic boxes when I bought it?

Nothing a bowl of ice water and a little care & attention can’t fix 😉

After some TLC + time, the stems not only looked fantastic for the recipe shoot I was working on, I thought that a close-up was in order 🤩

I promise that I didn’t retouch any bruising, creases, or folds… but I did work on some colour correction (a technique I learned from Rachel @twolovesstudio’s Retouching Food Photography course). After performing global edits in @captureonepro, I worked on correcting the yellow tones to create a monochromatic look. I’ll share a comparison in my stories but it’s sooooo subtle 😅

I would love to know which version you prefer if you take a look 🤔

Happy Wednesday!

#vancouverfoodstylist #macrophotography #sage #freshherbs #stilllife

One more view of those homemade candy bars from a

One more view of those homemade candy bars from a couple weeks ago…

I used a similar set-up for styling, lighting, and camera angle for a commissioned shoot a few months ago, and it worked so well for a “bar-style” treat, I wanted to try it again with these.

Sharing behind the scenes of this shot in my stories if you want see the set-up ☺️

I almost just typed Happy Wednesday, so now you know how my week is going so far 🤪🤣

#canon #captureonepro #foodstylist #foodphotographer #itsallgood #homemadecandybars

Turkey, Spinach & Feta Meatballs with Garlicky Yog

Turkey, Spinach & Feta Meatballs with Garlicky Yogurt Sauce. There’s 5 cups of fresh spinach packed into these meatballs, folks, so they’re basically a salad 😆🤣

A much-loved recipe from way back on my (neglected 🙈) food blog… Bake ‘em by the tray-full or in batches in your air fryer–which is what I did for these ones to get that even, golden brown colour 😍

Either way you cook them, these meatballs will turn out flavourful, tender, and surprisingly moist for being made with ground turkey. Served here with hummus and that garlicky, lemon and dill-spiked yogurt sauce.

I haven’t updated the images on the blog yet, so if you want to see what a difference a couple of years of practice and learning makes, go take a peek. And then make the meatballs! 😉😆

Recipe is linked up top or right here for you:

https://myfamilyfoodlife.com/2019/06/17/greek-ish-turkey-spinach-and-feta-meatballs-with-garlicky-yogurt-sauce/

Happy Friday!

#recipeshare #foodstyling #turkeymeatballs #healthyish

With honey or without? 🤔👉 These figs ended

With honey or without? 🤔👉

These figs ended up in my failed baking project last weekend, so these photos are all I have to show for my efforts 😆🤷🏻‍♀️

Figs have been a bit of a mystery to me right up until I took these photos but, after listening to her podcast, I found that Liren @kitchconfidante has a super helpful blog post showing how to pick the PERFECT fig 👌 Now I can dive confidently into my next basket of figs with confidence, then figure out something else to make with them ☺️

Suggestions welcome!

#onequicktip #figs #honey #seektexture #beautifulfood

Excuse me while I ignore all the dishes in the sin

Excuse me while I ignore all the dishes in the sink and just stare at pretty things for a while 🤩😆⁠⁠
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After a failed baking project this weekend and a dishwasher in need of service, you can imagine I'm EXTRA excited to be shooting more luxurious diamond pieces from @melanieauldjewelry this week 💠✨ #nocookingrequired #perfecttiming⁠⁠
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This image of the stunning Demi Diamond Tennis Necklace from her collection is an outtake from our last shoot and one of my favourites. A big hug to my assistant (aka. daughter💞) and her photoshop skills for the sparkly highlight effects 💫 ⁠⁠
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I hope you all enjoy the eye candy ☺️ Back to food later in the week!⁠⁠
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#diamonds #productphotography #clientlove #melanieauld⁠⁠
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Say hello to the EXPRESS NEGRONI 🤩💃🏻🎇⁠⁠
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I've mentioned before that I'm a fan of batch-making Negronis, but I started keeping the bottle in the freezer, and let me tell you–it's kinda genius! It obviously doesn't freeze due to the alcohol content, but it does temporarily achieve a beautiful viscosity that is so satisfying to watch when poured. By all means, you can still serve it over ice if you're a slow-sipper and appreciate the dilution. A squeeze of fresh orange is the perfect finish. ⁠⁠
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I shared a quick blip of my set-up for this shot in stories, some of you noticed that I have a two-light set-up happening. There is one strobe with a rectangle soft-box in the upper left corner, casting side/backlight slightly down over the set, then for some of the images, I had a secondary strobe with a snoot modifier (it creates a narrow, controlled beam of light) pointed more towards the background from the front/side of the set. This final image is a composite of 4 images:⁠⁠
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• #1 has the overall best exposure⁠⁠
• #2 is exactly the same but with the strobe/snoot switched on⁠⁠
• #3 has the primary light moved in a way that reduces the distracting highlight on the top/left glass⁠⁠
• #4 is exactly the same as #3 but with the strobe/snoot switch on⁠⁠
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There you have it 👏 Happy, happy Friday, friends! ⁠⁠
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#negroni #negroniweek #gin #campari #vermouth #imbibegram #cheers

Relying on old favourites lately, and these homema

Relying on old favourites lately, and these homemade "candy bars" are a welcome flashback.⁠⁠
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From one of my well-loved cookbooks; It's All Good, by @gwynethpaltrow and @turshen–this book always makes the cut every year when I'm sorting through ones to keep and ones to pass along... for the recipes and the photography. ⁠⁠
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The major players here are dates, raw cashews, almond butter, maple syrup, and I add flaky sea salt to finish the layer of dark chocolate (who's here for the SWEET 'n SALTY combo?!). My best tip is to keep the cut bars in the freezer... OMG. I love them when ice-cold and tbh the firm, chewy texture slows me down from straight-up popping the whole thing in my mouth 😜😇⁠⁠
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Oh! Did you think I made these for the kids? Ha! Nope 😂⁠⁠
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⁠#homemadesnacks #chocolate #seektexture #itsallgood⁠

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